Greatest moment of 20C

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:37 am

There's a program now about 20C folk, you've probably seen it on the BBC regarding who's the best about this and that. But what about the greatest moment of the 20C apart from me having sex?

I reckon the greatest moment was the Christmas Day football trenches match of 1914, us versus Krauts. And what made it extra special was all the soldiers saying "I'm Burnley'.

Oshkoshclaret · Post by **Oshkoshclaret** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:02 am

I was going to say the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903 but that ultimately led to setting foot on the moon in 1969, which gets my vote.

RammyClaret61 · Post by **RammyClaret61** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:15 am

The invention of football in 1992.

Grimsdale · Post by **Grimsdale** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:38 am

When that dog said "sausages" on That's Life.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:20 am

internet

fatboy47 · Post by **fatboy47** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:21 am

Erica Roe at Twickers.

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:39 am

I have a dream

thatdberight · Post by **thatdberight** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:56 am

The bit where Emu attacked Parky

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:24 am

1973/74 season when United were relegated.

Wish there were more seasons like that.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:40 am

Italia 90

Schilachi and Cameroon came from know where to light up a football tournament like no other.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:14 am

Armstrongs words and grainy pictures beamed back from the Moon that the 11yr old Me watched on a 19" bush tv early on that day in July 1969 wide eyed and fascinated with everything Space related.

keith1879 · Post by **keith1879** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:37 am

Serious answer ........The end of world war 2.

Frivolous ......final whistle of the Orient game.

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:56 am

Hopefully still to come - when there is a cure found for cancer.

COBBLE · Post by **COBBLE** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:17 am

It was probably an unheralded moment in a laboratory somewhere that we may not even now realise the full potential of.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:22 am

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:28 am

I’m torn between stepping foot on the moon and the end of the world wars. Nothing else comes close for me.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:29 am

Arfield's goal at Ewood and the subsequent celebration.

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:42 am

Neville Chamberlain's little piece of paper and 'we have peace' in 1938. Perhaps the last time a politician was trusted in this country.

thatdberight · Post by **thatdberight** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:43 am

Bop wrote:Hopefully still to come...

I'm pretty sure that's not the case.

Vintage Claret · Post by **Vintage Claret** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:58 am

28/6/71 - Sean Dyche was born

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:01 pm

Oshkoshclaret wrote:I was going to say the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903 but that ultimately led to setting foot on the moon in 1969, which gets my vote.

Unbelievable what man/woman achieved in those 66 years despite there being two world wars. From a few yards to the surface of the moon. WOW.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:23 pm

COBBLE wrote:It was probably an unheralded moment in a laboratory somewhere that we may not even now realise the full potential of.

Not to be picky but that would be the greatest moment of 21st century

Billy Balfour · Post by **Billy Balfour** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:36 pm

1928: Alexander Fleming - Penicillin.

duncandisorderly · Post by **duncandisorderly** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:43 pm

The greatest thing shouldn't come out of the worst thing because without the worst thing the greatest thing ceases to be great and is just a thing.

Wouldn't it be great if we all killed millions of people for six years and then stopped, said no one ever.

Anyway, the answer is the electric guitar.

aggi · Post by **aggi** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:45 pm

karatekid wrote:Unbelievable what man/woman achieved in those 66 years despite there being two world wars. From a few yards to the surface of the moon. WOW.

There are a lot of arguments that wars speed up the pace of technological progress.

Test User · Post by **Test User** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:57 pm

Not really, in case some idiot took that seriously.

Seriously though, my birth.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:00 pm

Have to agree man on the moon.

thatdberight · Post by **thatdberight** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:00 pm

wilks_bfc wrote:Not to be picky but that would be the greatest moment of 21st century

Arguably not. The moment could have already happened but we don't realise its significance.

Barry_Chuckle · Post by **Barry_Chuckle** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:02 pm

The Yanks getting away with their claim that they actually put a man on the moon

CombatClaret · Post by **CombatClaret** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:03 pm

duncandisorderly wrote:The greatest thing shouldn't come out of the worst thing because without the worst thing the greatest thing ceases to be great and is just a thing.

Was also going to make this point, the end of the worst things isn't the best thing.

Moon landings also get my vote.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:25 pm

D-Day

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:27 pm

2nd choice is ....

Tim Berners Lee and the World Wide Web .... lets face it we wouldn't be doing what we are doing here without it...

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:48 pm

fatboy47 wrote:Erica Roe at Twickers.

About 30 yards in front of me and my Dad, sat in the old East Stand ..... happy days !

hoskinsgoalatswansea · Post by **hoskinsgoalatswansea** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:29 am

Grimsdale wrote:When that dog said "sausages" on That's Life.

Logged in just to give this a like. Awesome!

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:42 pm

duncandisorderly wrote:The greatest thing shouldn't come out of the worst thing because without the worst thing the greatest thing ceases to be great and is just a thing.

Wouldn't it be great if we all killed millions of people for six years and then stopped, said no one ever.

Anyway, the answer is the electric guitar.

This depends on what you mean by 'greatest'. Greatest as in best, or greatest as in most influential.

In the OP the greatest moment suggested was the soldier's football match. That wouldn't have happened without WW1.

You can see then that I go for the assassination of Franz-Ferdinand which started WW1, which led to the Russian Revolution and the Versailles Treaty, then WW2, the Cold War, United Nations, EU. We still have the legacy now in the Middle East, Africa, virtually anywhere.

claret2018 · Post by **claret2018** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:23 pm

duncandisorderly wrote:The greatest thing shouldn't come out of the worst thing because without the worst thing the greatest thing ceases to be great and is just a thing.

Wouldn't it be great if we all killed millions of people for six years and then stopped, said no one ever.

Anyway, the answer is the electric guitar.

Judas!

claretabroad · Post by **claretabroad** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:18 pm

Invention of the transistor.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:04 pm

Israel finally getting its own land back for its people.

Aclaret · Post by **Aclaret** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:13 pm

Barry_Chuckle wrote:The Yanks getting away with their claim that they actually put a man on the moon

No way the yanks were on the moon.
How was the camera on the moon filming Armstrong climbing down the steps !

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:29 pm

Moon landing. Mankind’s first venture onto another planet will still be remembered in 1,000 years time. (ok, I know it’s not a planet)

AlargeClaret · Post by **AlargeClaret** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:59 pm

Without a doubt A Fleming discovering penicillin 1928..ish

Siddo · Post by **Siddo** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:16 pm

Rosa Parkes remaining seated.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:31 pm

Aclaret wrote:No way the yanks were on the moon.
How was the camera on the moon filming Armstrong climbing down the steps !

Do you mean this image? He’s only a couple of meters away from the camera which he is facing and which is on the leg of the lander. Armstrong pulled a cord which started the camera filming.

Frenchclaret · Post by **Frenchclaret** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:31 pm

George V presenting the FA Cup to the Clarets in 1914. The first time a reigning monarch had done this.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:32 pm

Barry_Chuckle wrote:The Yanks getting away with their claim that they actually put a man on the moon

See post above

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FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:49 pm

The day I was driving through Birmingham Alabama and my wife told me that Rovers had lost to Birmingham City and were relegated to Division 1. Such wonderful Irony and pure joy.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:53 pm

FCBurnley wrote:The day I was driving through Birmingham Alabama and my wife told me that Rovers had lost to Birmingham City and were relegated to Division 1. Such wonderful Irony and pure joy.

That's this centuries front runner to date.

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:56 pm

bfcjg wrote:That's this centuries front runner to date.

Ooops Sorry haha

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:00 pm

Nelson becoming a multi cultural town..

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:21 pm

Since when did anybody in Birmingham, Alabama care about what went on in English football?